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When the present publisher first
issued The Reformation in England in
1962, it was hoped, in the words of its
editor, S. M. Houghton, that it would
‘be a major contribution to the
religious needs of the present age, and
that it [would] lead to the
strengthening of the foundations of a
wonderful God-given heritage of truth’.
In many ways there has been such a
strengthening. Renewed interest in the
Reformation and the study of the
Reformers’ teaching has brought forth
much good literature, and has provided
strength to existing churches, and a
fresh impetus for the planting of
biblical churches.
Concurrent with this development in the
life of the churches, however, has been
a dramatic shift in Western society at
large. In the decades since the 1960s,
the de-Christianization of society at a
cultural and legislative level has been
rapid. Biblical illiteracy is the norm.
Secularism now dominates the Continent
that witnessed the reforming work of
Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin, Tyndale,
Cranmer, and Knox.
In this hostile intellectual climate,
d’Aubigné’s work again provides a means
for Christians to place themselves in
history. The Reformation in England
brings to mind the important part that
Reformers and Martyrs played in the
development of our now fragile modern
freedoms.
Above all, however, this work bears
testimony to the power of the Spirit of
God in the lives of individuals,
churches, and nations. D’Aubigné wrote
as a serious historian, but also, and
crucially, as a pastor who had a deep
understanding of the way in which God
sovereignly acts in providence to bring
about his purposes.
Gripping in its prose, yet far from
sensationalist, this colourful record of
the period is one which will be
appreciated by spiritually-minded
Christians everywhere.